Ever since she delivered the most inept Boston accent I've ever heard in "30 Rock" and grated on my last nerve, I've not been able to stand Moore. To see her involved in such a consciously vicious hatchet job on Sarah Palin is not surprising. After all, this is the woman who proved she is a natural redhead by doing a bottomless scene in "Short Cuts" that went on for seemingly 10 minutes...classy!
Nobody's said anything yet about Jennifer Hudson, who scored with a fine, tasteful tribute rendition of Whitney Houston's signature song, "I Will Always Love You". That cannot have been an easy task, with short notice and everything else going on, and she nailed it.
Amazing - if a white actor had made similar remarks, he would be ridden out of town and drummed out of the business. How much do you want to bet there will be no repercussions with Jackson?
Very dismayed that "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" was nominated, which has received some of the lousiest reviews of the year. Guess Tom Hanks still has clout, despite his recent flops. Also that Michael Fassbender wasn't nominated, despite a stellar year. Happy about Oldman and "Moneyball"!
I realize quite well that he is not the character he is portraying and that as an actor he wants to play a variety of roles. But as a person with a conscience, wouldn't he want to appear in films that ultimately send out a positive and meaningful message to people? Now he can play the villain in such a piece or whatever. My point is that Hollywood churns out far too much filth these days and it would be nice if actors who feel the way Mr. Wahlberg does tried to take steps to turn this tide. He is only one man, and its quite a tide to buck, but to have a strong Catholic faith and then appear in a movie the Church calls offensive seems, well, hypocritical in some degree.
I'm glad Mark Wahlberg has changed the path he was on and now has a strong faith, but could he put it into practice in the films he does? His new one, "Contraband" is rated offensive on the Catholic movie website for its violence and excessive profanity. Since he has a family he cherishes, couldn't he put his faith into practice by doing family-friendly movies only? Or would he even be able to work in Hollywood that way?
The main reason I kept watching was Jessica Lange, who was flat-out brilliant.
Dramatic much? I think Garner is great and an honorable man, even if we may not see eye to eye on politics. He has a right to his opinions. Yet you disparage the entire Republican party and every candidate it may have to offer because you find some people in it extreme? Even though I find a lot of Democrats to be deluded, naive and just plain wrong, I'll never say that I won't weigh each candidate in each race and if I find the Democrat to be superior not vote for him because of his party.
I'm rooting this year for Glenn Close to win Best Actress in "Albert Nobbs". She is indisputably a fine actress, and, unlike Streep, has never won the award.
You said it! The amount of "watchable" television has shrunk to almost nothing, and I'm talking about for myself, an adult male. I don't have children, but MTV, VH1 and the bulk of the rest of it would be strictly off limits if I did. There's always been stupid programs on TV, but now so much of it seems positively evil to boot, a sad state of affairs indeed.
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